Kate Likhacheva, Vice President Quality Management

Kate started her journey with DC BARS as an intern in 2002 when she was an undergraduate of Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. Until becoming a DC BARS employee in 2005, Kate had been sharing her effort between quality engineer tasks here and another job at a biomedical technology company. Her decision in favor of quality management was guided by growing eagerness to discover the big picture of “how it all works”.Quickly stepped up to a totally deserved position of Senior Quality Engineer, she has played a significant role in our first ISO 9001:2000/AS9100B certifications.

Kate was appointed Vice President Quality Management in 2015, has navigated the company through an AS9100C oversight audit, and continues her work on ensuring sustained quality management system and process improvements by getting all managers and engineers involved.